The Nāṣirī Generations 206: Fourth Year: 647 H.

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On Monday, the 3rd of the month of Safar, 647 H., Ulugh Khan-i-A'zam, with the forces of Islam, and the sublime standards, returned in triumph to the capital again. As Ulugh Khan-i-A'zam was the asylum of the Sultan's dynasty, the prop of the army, and the strength of the kingdom, with the concurrence of all the Grandees and Maliks of the realm, it was his daughter's good fortune to become the Malikah-i-Jahan [Queen of the Universe — the Royal consort], and this marriage took place on Monday, the 20th of Rabi'-ul-Akhir 647 H. May the Most High God preserve all three, the protection and prop of the Muhammadan faith in sovereignty, honour, and prosperity!
In this year likewise, on the 10th of Jamadi-ul-Akhir, Kazi Jalal-ud-Din, Kasani, arrived from Awadh, and became Kazi of the realm. On Monday, the 22nd of the month of Sha’ban, the imperial standards moved out of the capital, Dihli, and, on Sunday, the 4th of the month of Shawwal of this same year, crossed the Jun, for the purpose of undertaking a holy expedition against the Hindus; and forces were told off to operate in that tract. Letters from the sister of this frail individual [the author] arrived from Khurasan, and they were represented to the sublime consideration, and the Sultan—Long may his Khilafat continue!—through the recommendation of Ulugh Khan-i-Azam—may Almighty God long preserve and prolong both their lives!—conferred an honorary robe, a misal [royal grant] for forty head of captives, and a hundred Mar-wars weight of gifts.
On Wednesday, the 24th of the month of Zi-Hijjah, the august standards returned to the capital; and, on Monday, the 29th of the same month, the author set out from Dihli for the purpose of proceeding to Multan, in order to despatch the captives to Khurasan. When he reached the Hansi district, by the sublime command of the Khan-i-Mu'azzam, Ulugh Khan-i-A'zam, the author took possession of the village conferred on him by Ulugh Khan and opportunity offered of proceeding to Multan by way of Abuhar; and, in the